The US National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation-funded SkAI Institute

The SkAI Institute serves as a hub by bringing together 25 partner organizations and being centrally located in Chicago and the Midwest. The institute acts as a cross-disciplinary nexus by bringing together astrophysicists, foundational AI researchers, educators, AI-ethicists, software engineers, and artists to:

Confront the challenges posed by transformative multi-wavelength and multi-messenger surveys.
Develop innovative, trustworthy AI tools for the research community.
Seed and nurture a generation of interdisciplinary leaders in science and engineering to ethically apply and extend AI within and beyond academia.

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Academic Programs

Other Programs

Transform Data Science and AI Accelerator Accepts 6 Startups into Latest Cohort

Illinois Makes History: How DSI’s Collaboration and Innovation Brought Broadband to 175,000 Underserved Locations

Summer Lab Research Program Expanded with NSF-Funded AI+Science REU Program

Data Ecology Faculty Co-Director Bridget Fahey Writes About Congressional Authority Over Government Data

Federal budget cuts threaten to decimate America’s AI superiority—and other countries are watching

What’s Game-Theoretic About Statistics? A Game-Theoretic Notion of Evidence and Cooperative Skepticism

MS in Applied Data Science – Information Session (Online Program)

Yuan-Sen Ting (OSU): AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

Grad School Q&A: MS in Applied Data Science (for UChicago Undergraduates)